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Friday, May 25th, 2012

Watch | Pentagram Design – ‘The Forty Story’

Pentagram “the world’s largest independent design consultancy” are celebrating 40 years in the business. Having collected a mammoth client list over the years, including, ahem – COS, Grey Goose, John Lewis, Nissan, Saks Fifth Avenue, MoMA, Time magazine, Bausch &…

Herman Miller – Kyle Fleet – Private Rocker

I’d like to see someone try and work this into their desk set up. The Private Rocker designed by Kyle Fleet, a student at Cranbrook Academy of Art, Michigan, is the ultimate ‘stay away from me fellow workers’ piece of…

Minimalux – Brass Ballpoint Pen

Fancy pens continue to catch our eye, this shiny number from Minimalux luring us in like some kind of ink filled siren. The London based company specialises in a variety of metal products, slick, minimalist design “at the core of…

Bellboy: Reclaimed Timber – Water Tower Chair

Bellboy – a collaborative workshop based in Brooklyn, have produced this beautiful chair using reclaimed timbers from the New York City Water Tower. Waste not want not, this Old Growth California Redwood has been put to good use by the hand…

Watch | Herman Miller Pop Up Shop – NYC

NYC recently saw the opening of the Herman Miller Pop Up Shop in SoHo. The 6,000 sq foot space will display the new Herman Miller Collection, pieces from midcentury designers such as Alexander Girard as well as classic Miller furniture…

Mama Shelter Hotel – Marseille Location – Philippe Starck

We take a good shuffle around the new Mama Shelter hotel in Marseille. The original location in Paris, with interiors from Phillipe Starck, sits on the east of the city and has been collecting rave reviews since it opened it…

Bauhaus: Art as Life – Barbican Gallery, London

Wallpaper shares some artefacts from the recently opened Bauhaus: Art as Life exhibition. Concentrating on its life as an art-school rather than a design movement, the exhibition lays out personal objects; paintings, photographs, party invitations, handmade gifts…all showing a lighter…

Watch | Vitra Fiction – Remind Me – Florian Böhm

Vitra turn to filmmaker Florian Böhm for this video, a short story centered around their classic pieces, lived in and used in this fictional family set up. An innovative means of presenting their amazing pieces, Florian comments “Today everyone has…

Watch | Crane.tv – Michael Salu – Artistic Director of Granta Publishing

Crane.tv head to Granta publishing in West London. Originally a magazine established in 1889 at Cambridge University, it published the early work of some incredible writers including Sylvia Plath and A.A Milne. Nowadays the magazine continues alongside the publication of…

G-Star RAW for Vitra, Prouvé RAW- Tables and Chairs

Billed as a “respectful reinterpretation of furniture pieces originally designed by French modernist Jean Prouvé,” this continued collab between denim giants G-Star RAW and furniture manufacturer Vitra bears more Prouvé RAW fruit. Fruit that you can sit in and eat…

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Friday, May 25th, 2012

Watch | Pentagram Design – ‘The Forty Story’

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

Herman Miller – Kyle Fleet – Private Rocker

Monday, May 21st, 2012

Minimalux – Brass Ballpoint Pen

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Bellboy: Reclaimed Timber – Water Tower Chair

Monday, May 14th, 2012

Watch | Herman Miller Pop Up Shop – NYC

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012

Mama Shelter Hotel – Marseille Location – Philippe Starck

Friday, May 4th, 2012

Bauhaus: Art as Life – Barbican Gallery, London

Monday, April 30th, 2012

Watch | Vitra Fiction – Remind Me – Florian Böhm

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Watch | Crane.tv – Michael Salu – Artistic Director of Granta Publishing

Wednesday, April 18th, 2012

G-Star RAW for Vitra, Prouvé RAW- Tables and Chairs